Anne Frank Center USA, Inc

Throughout North America, Anne Frank exhibits have been hosted by community centers, schools and universities, arts organizations, libraries and museums. Complete program options includes docent-led tours for students, teachers and visitors, as well as student workshops, and meetings with Holocaust survivors, World War II veterans, or those with first-hand experience of human rights abuses. Artifacts from exhibits are largely provided by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

We offer a wide range of innovative programs and workshops held right in your school setting. Geared to various grade levels, our workshops integrate artistic, literary, historical, and/or performance-based components that teach the lessons of Anne Frank in a meaningful and relevant manner for your students. Our programs range from introductory workshops on Anne Frank and the Holocaust to in-depth examinations of discrimination and intolerance. By examining the progression of historical events that result in the tragedies of genocide, slavery, terrorism, and/or hate crimes, our programs encourage students to act as humanitarian leaders in a challenging world.

AFC assists with memorial gardens and sapling plantings from the horse chestnut tree that stood behind the Secret Annex, at key historical sites tied to civil rights, human rights, and the Holocaust. Locations serve as cultural outreach centers serving as monuments connecting the past to the present, and offering educational programs within the community.

Our live performance programs are an excellent way to bring Anne’s story to life, uniting communities, facilitating dialogue about injustice, and sparking ideas to confront intolerance and discrimination today.

​AFC performances have reached thousands through K-12 schools, colleges, religious institutions, community centers, and educational conferences. Our talented actors have also performed in communities hosting our traveling exhibits, such as the Clinton Presidential Center, the Dallas Holocaust Museum, and many other venues across the country.

Currently only 10 states in the US mandate Holocaust and genocide education -- but that number is growing.
The AFC has worked with partners for more than a decade in advancing this project, which has recently gained momentum in the current national environment. Through a coalition of key partners including organizations and government leaders, we are working on strategies for expanding mandatory Holocaust and genocide education throughout the 40 states where it is not currently required.

Our educators are available to deliver engaging, informative, on-location training for your teaching staff,
fully customizable to your needs. We provide in-depth background information on the life of Anne Frank and
demonstrate ways of integrating the story of the Holocaust into your contemporary classroom
setting.

Each year in celebration of Anne Frank's birthday, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect hosts the Spirit of Anne Frank Awards to recognize worthy students, educators, citizens, peacemakers, and role models who uphold Anne's ideals of hope, justice, and equality. Scholarship and humanitarian award recipients are selected based on their extraordinary social and humanitarian efforts to engender understanding, equality, and mutual respect among diverse populations of people.